Dumping wagon



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G. L. NORVELL. DUMPING WAGON.

No. 599,727. u Patented Mar. 1,1898.

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G.L.N0RVELL. DUMPING WAGON.

No. 599,727. Patented Mar. 1, 1898.A

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GEORGE LOGAN NORVELL, OF; COLUMBIA, MISSOURL DVUMP'lNe-WVAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 599,727, dated March 1,1898.-

Application nea March s1, 1897. serial No. 630.1723. (No man.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known thatl, GEORGE LOGAN NonvELL, a citizenof the United States,residing at Columbia,in the county of Boone and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Dumping-Wagon, of which the following is aspecification.

load andv return the parts to their proper po-` Y sition without leavinghis seat.

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`The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in thedrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a dumping-wagonconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal4sectional View, -the bottom of the body being inclined for dumping aload. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan View. Fig. 4 is a detail viewsho'wingthe inclined back portion of the body lowered to a horizontalposition.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severalgures of the 1 designates sides of a dumping wagon body which is mountedon a running-gear and which is provided with a pivoted or hinged bottom2, adapted to tilt downward and rearward to d ischarge the load andprovided at itsfront with short side pieces 3 and a front board 4. Thepivot or pintle 5, which hinges the tilting bottom to the sides 1, islocated at a point slightly in advance of the center of the bottom, sothat the load will operate to tilt the latter and also to enable thedriver by a comparatively slight pressure to control the downward swingof the same in order to discharge a load in a pile or distribute itevenly over a surface and thereby adapt the dumping-wagon to be employedfor grading or distributing fertilizer or the like.

The sides of the body are extended in ad- Vance of the bottom, and apivoted footboard 6 is mounted between them in advance of the by alink-rod 7. The pivots or' pintles 8 of the footboard are located at therear edge of the saine and fit in suitable bearing-openings of theextending portions ofthe sides, and the link-rod 7 is connected with thefootboard at the front edge thereof, whereby the footboard acts as alever and enables the driver to control the tilting bottoni 2 and returnthe same to a horizontal position after the wagon has discharged itsload.` A seat 9 for the accommodation of the driver is arranged at thefront of the wagon and is supported by suitable standards 10, which aresecured at their lower ends to the extended portions of the sides of thebody.

The body is provided at its back with an inclined section 11, hingedatits upper edge to the top vof'an end-gate 12 and extending vdownward andforward thereof to the rear edgevof the tilting body 2 to assist indischarging the material `with which the wagon is loaded. It is arrangedagainst the rear faces of vinclined cleats 13, and it is supported byaremovable transverse rod 14, which passes through perforations of thesides of the wagonbody and through cleats 15 of the inclined section 11.When desired, the inclined sec-4 tion 11 may be lowered toahorizontalposition by removing the rod 14, and the endgate 12 may then hang looseor be swung upward to a vertical position. In the latter case theend-gate is then secured by the rod 14, which is arrangedy inperforations 16 of the rear ends of the sides 1 and is passed through aperforation 17 of a central cleat or block of the end-gate.

As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the sides of the wagon-body areprovided near their lower edges with perforations adapted to rewhichengage hooks 2O of the sides 1 of the.

body, whereby the wagon is cushioned and is prevented from being injuredin dumping aI load ot' heavy material. The chains are of such lengththat the tilting bottom will be prevented from coming in contact withthe ground.

The sides 1, which are connected by front and rear transverse bars 21and 22, are secured upon the rear bolster 23 of the rear axle 2.1 byclips consisting of vertical rods 25, arranged in pairs at each side ofthe wagon-body, secured to the outer faces of the same and extendingbelow the rear axle and connected by inclined braces 26. The lowerterminals of the vertical rods .are threaded and passed throughperforations of the inclined braces, which extend upward from the rearaxle to the sides ot the body, and the threaded terminals of the rodsare engaged by nuts, which are arranged on the lower faces of the rearportions of the inclined braces. This connection between the rearportion of the body and the running-gear obviates the necessity ofemploying rear hounds.

The front of the body loosely rests upon a front bolster 27, to which afront axle 28 is pivotally connected in the usual manner, and a shortreach 29, which extends from the front axle to the rear ends of thefront hounds, is connected with the wagon-body and is supported by atransverse bar 30, which connects the rear ends of the front hounds. Theshort reach 29 passes through a keeper 3l of a crossbar 32, which isconnected with and downwardly oifset from the sides of the Wagonbody,blocks 33 being interposed between the ends of the cross-bar 32 and thelower edges of the sides of t-he wagon-body. The bolster 27 is locatedbetween the front transverse bar 2l andthe blocks 33, which form stops,the transverse bar-2l limiting the forward movement of the bolster andthe blocks the backward movement thereof.

The tilting bottom 2 is locked in ahorizontal position by areciprocating bolt 34, disposed longitudinally of the wagon and arrangedin an opening of the rear bolster. The front end of the reciprocatingbolt is beveled and is adapted to engage under the rear edge of thetilting bottom, which is provided with a cleat, and the rear end of thebolt is pivoted to the inner end of a transverse lever 35, which isconnected by a rod 36 with an operating-lever 37. The operating-lever isf ulcru med on one side of the body adjacent to the seat in order to bewithin convenient reach of the driver, and the transverse lever, whichextends from one side of the body to the middle thereof, is fulcrumed ina suitable bracket or support on the rear bolster.

It will be seen that the dumping-wagon is simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, that itis under complete control of thedriver and will enable him to discharge a load in'a pile or scatter thesame, and that the tilting bottom may be returned to a horizontalposition without the driver leaving his seat. It will also be apparentthat the tilting bottom is prevented from striking the ground and iscushioned to avoid injury to the dumping-wagon.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

Vhat I claim ,is-

l. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of a body provided with a tiltingbottom, and a pivoted footboard arranged at the front of the body inposition to be engaged by the feet of the driver and connected with thetilting bottom and adapted to return the same to a horizontal position,substantially as described.

2. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of the sides of the body, atilting bottom mounted between the sides, a detachable endgate arrangedat the back of the body, and the inclined back section hinged to theupper edges of the end-gate and extending down- Ward therefrom to therear edge of the tilting bottom, said back section being detachablymounted in position and adapted to be lowered to a horizontal position,substantiallyas described.

3. In a dumping-Wagon, the combination of the sides of the body, atilting bottom mounted between them, inclined cleats secured to theinner faces of the sides of the body, a removable inclined back sect-ionfitting against said cleats and extending upward from the rear end ofsaid bottom, a removable end-gate hinged at its upper edge to the upperedge of the back section, and a removable rod securing the, back sectionin an inclined position and adapted to support the end-gate when theback section is lowered to a horizontal position, substantially asdescribed. y

4. In a dumpingwagon, the combination of a front axle, a bolsterpivotally connected thereto, the short reach extending from the frontaxle, the front hounds supporting the rear end of the short reach, thewagon-body sides loosely supported upon the bolster and provided attheir front ends with a connecting cross-piece 2l located in advance ofthe bolster, the bottom 2 pivoted between its ends to the sides of thebody and supported at its front end by said cross piece, thebracket-blocks 33 depending from said sides, the transverse bar 32connecting the bracketblocks 33, and the centrally-arranged keeperloosely receiving the reach and mounted on the transverse bar 32,whereby the Wagonbody is detachably secured to the runninggear at thefront thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed mysignature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE LOGAN NORVELL. lVitnesses: G. W. HARRELL, J r., B. F. VENABLE.

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